On campus… About a dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators shouted “Zionists are not welcome here” and other slogans outside Harvard’s Hillel Monday night to protest an event featuring a former spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces. (Harvard Crimson, X)
Tufts University extended the suspension of its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter until 2027, citing “multiple violations of university policies,” including promoting violence. (Algemeiner)
The University of Arizona created an endowed chair in Holocaust studies with a $2 million gift from an anonymous donor. Leonard Hammer, a Judaic Studies lecturer, is the first to hold the position. (U. of Arizona)
The Jewish Student Union in St. Louis, which has been providing programs for middle- and high-school students for more than 20 years, unveiled a new 4,000-square-foot facility. (Spectrum)
And elsewhere…
🇺🇦 Today marks a grim anniversary: the 1,000th day since Russia invaded Ukraine. After an overnight drone attack on a residential building, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that President Vladimir Putin “is not interested in talking about peace.” (BBC)
🏆 Paul Coates, a publisher and the father of author Ta-Nehisi Coates, recently republished an infamous antisemitic tract. On Wednesday, the National Book Awards is set to give him a lifetime achievement award. (JTA)
📚 Elsewhere in the literary world, dozens of authors withdrew from the Giller Prize in Canada because its main sponsor is a bank with ties to an Israeli weapons manufacturer. (JTA)
✈️ The American Jewish Committee held an antisemitism training for Lufthansa employees, a response to the airline’s removal of 128 visibly Orthodox passengers from a flight in May 2022. (eJewishPhilanthropy)
🎶 A priest who let pop star Sabrina Carpenter film a provocative music video in his Brooklyn church was stripped of his duties. Church officials said their investigation found other instances of mismanagement. (AP)
🏈 Sam Salz, likely the first Orthodox Jew to play Division 1 college football, made his debut Saturday night for Texas A&M. The team won 38-3. (JTA)
Shiva calls ► Arthur Frommer, whose seminal guidebooks helped people travel the world, died at 95 … Shel Talmy, the music producer behind the Kinks, the Who and the sound of the British invasion, died at 87.
What else we’re reading ► How a real estate mogul became Trump’s Middle East point man … Why religious themes make for such good horror movies … What’s it like being Barbra Streisand’s stepson? Ask Josh Brolin.
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